Gonna be working more with the Masons more often outside of working with the Cyber Marshals. Yolanda Mason will have a big part in Amaru's life due to the Abolition era Blackjack (1839-1866). A revelation will forever change the Mason's perception of Blackjack.

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10:30AM Atlanta Georgia, Nations Bank

The day seemed a little less busy than usual for a Wednesday morning, already many people are coming in and cashing in or depositing their hard earned paychecks. The newly renovated main lobby of the 30 story building had a beautiful marble floor along with a brown and gold interior. Aside from that the bank had opened up its own cafe with a lounge that could sit up to 40 people, not to mention free WiFi.

But like all banks in general it was back to work for those some. One of them was a tall young collie sitting in her office looking over several loan requests papers. She was just verifying her last packet when she heard a knock on her door.

" Everything ok with those loans Taki" asked a older female collie who peeked her head through the door.

" I'm just getting the last one cleared, then I'll have these all checked through mom, you heard anything about that loan payment in Colmaton yet? And-- why are you wearing glasses?" she asked her mother.

The older smiled as she entered her daughter's office, Yolanda Mason who is the CEO of Nation's Bank was also secretly the lethal Matron of Arrows Scarlet Bow. " What? I thought they would have a nice touch on me, Milton thinks I should wear them more often on the job." said the older collie

" you look like your coming in here for a job interview mom" her daughter joked.

Yolanda laugh at her comment, being a bit of a sassy woman herself Taki took up a lot of her wild side when Yulee was younger and Sumiko who was the "mature" type. Though they can be unpredictable around their mother let alone her son Andre.

" Mom you'd think someone like yourself who can spot a fly from miles away it wouldn't make sense for you to wear glasses" asked Taki who was stapling some files together.

" Don't worry about it dear, these aren't prescribed it's just a frame I got from the pharmacy, I thought they looked cute on me" said the mother collie.

Just then there was a another knock on the door before an identical female collie peaked her head in " Hey Taki where's mom I got someone---hello there, new lady to add to the crew?" she asked sarcastically with a smile.

"haha very funny Sumiko dear, I swear sometimes I think you girls lost your taste in style" Yolanda said as she took off her glasses.

" No offence mom I don't think they fit well with you, just saying, mom anyway there's someone out here that needs to make a big deposit I need to have your clearance for it though" added Sumiko.

" send him in here I'll clear it through the computer in here" the older collie said as she put her glasses back on. Sumiko nodded to her mother before she stepped aside for a tall and muscular honey badger to walk through.

The Badger was wearing a black cargo pants a white tank top and red bandanna that kept his hair in place. Both collies tried hard to stay professional but they couldn't help but wonder about the wraps he had on his forearms as well as the cuts on his hands. Yolanda with her eyes could see the deep gash on his paws as he reached out to shake her hand.

"Umm--its nice to meet you---" she paused for his response.

" Urama Rukahs, It's a pleasure to meet you both sorry for the bad dress up I had to rush here on short notice. I had to rush out of my job to send this money out, My close friend's daughter broke her leg in a bicycle accident so they need to cover the medical bills" he said shaking the older collies hand.

" ohh- Sorry to hear that young man, I'm sure they would greatly appreciate your help, I'm Yolanda Mason, this is my daughter Taki and the lady who showed you in is Sumiko. Their both twins if you noticed" said the older collie lady.

" ohhhh yea I thought you guys looked familiar wow its really great to be able to meet you guys" said the happy badger.

Yolanda could feel the slight power in his grip, it was almost as if she was shaking Lady Liberty's hand. She became a bit suspicious of arm wraps, both she and Taki could see what looked like blood seeping through the bandages. Yolanda was the first to ask.

" I hope you don't mind me asking young man but what happened to your arm? Those wounds look---fresh" she asked

" oh- uhhh I do I describe it, I was working on some barbwire fencing around a warehouse early today. I was trying to tighen it around a wooden post before it ended up snapping in half. If I didn't have my arms up that would have caught me in the face and that would have been bad" he said trying to keep the bandages wrapped tightly around his arms.

" Ouch, that didn't look good, hopefully your job covered the medical bills on your part" said Taki.

"yea I'm pretty sure they already did, it was a pretty big price to pay on them. But it's been taken care of, it's just a matter of weeks before these come off" he said.

" I'm sure you will get better, here lets help you get that check through" said Yolanda pulling a seat out for him. Both collies looked at each other for a moment with a suspicious expression wondering if he was actually telling the truth. But they rode it off for now as Taki began typing away at the keyboard.

"What was your name again?" asked the younger collie

" Urama Rukahs, It's an african name" said the badger

" Ahh ok, a little hard to remember but we'll get there" said Taki as she began typing up the information on the check he handed to her.

Soon after they were done the Badger shook both their hands before he made his way out the door. Yolanda looked at her paw again, she reached out for the tissue box and wiped her paw. To her shock she noticed a splash of blood still fresh on the tissue paper.

"A Barbwire accident seems too far fetched for that kind of injury" said the older collie.

" That's what I noticed too, Should we look into it?" said Taki to her mother.

" I wish we could but right now is not the right time Taki, we have that meeting to tend to later at 11:30. Andre will be here around that time to take over for us then we'll have to catch our flight back to Colmaton at 5pm. Has our Delta flight changed?"

" Last I checked no, even with the thunder storms close by" Taki said checking her smartphone.

"Alright, I'll be upstairs in the exec room, remember 11:30 alright?" said Yolanda to her daughter, Taki nodded in response before they both went their separate ways.

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During the meeting Yolanda stood in front of the group of 10 furs in suits as they listened to her speak with her daughter standing beside her. Just then a knock on the window caught her attention. She looked over to see a beagle/collie mix dressed in a brown suit waving her anxiously. She looked over to her daughter and just nodded to her to take over. Yolanda walked out of the room and shut the door behind her.

" Andre you know this isn't a good time" said the older collie.

" I know, I know mom but I think you have to see something" he said as he gestured her to follow.

" what's going on son, this better be an emergency if your pulling me out of an important meeting" she said with a annoyed tone.

" yes mom I know but you see you had some guy come in here last time and well---"

"well what? Was there something you found" she asked as they made their way to the surveillance room.

" I'd rather you see it for yourself, I don't think you'll believe me until you see it" he said as they arrived in the dark room.

Andre sat in the office chair and re-winded a specific video camera, after about five minutes he paused and played a certain part that showed a area behind the bank that lead up to the underground parking. Yolanda watched the video for a moment before a figure appeared on screen, this furson was wearing a black hoodie and dark baggy jeans. For a moment things seemed normal before he suddenly stopped in his tracks, this video played on for about 5 minutes of him standing there. Then in a split second he reached for something behind before out of nowhere a pack of dogs jumped into the picture and attacked. Yolanda gasped in shock as about six dogs began mauling the poor furson, seemingly biting down and pulling him by the arms in two directions, the force behind it almost looked like they were about to rip him in two. Yolanda's eyes went wide as another figure wearing a brown trench coat and a black cowboy hat walked into the picture. She couldn't make out his face but it was no doubt in her mind he was a canine of some sort, either a bloodhound or a beagle. He stood there staring down the Badger for a moment with a wipe and a shotgun in hand, the dog pack began to settle down, the dogs in this case held down the hooded furson. Yolanda saw by the looks of it this figure appeared to be their master. The picture suddenly switched to the hooded figure kicking the tench coat figure with such force it sent him flying back out of the picture. He was then able to free one of his arms before grabbing one of the big German Shepard by scruff of its neck and pulling him off, ripping his long sleeve of his hoodie. He took the dog by the neck and twisted his neck and dropping it's lifeless body on the ground. He then proceeded to grab another attack dog by the legs and toss it in the direction of where he kicked the "master".

The hooded furson in place again and pulled out a long machete from out of nowhere, then suddenly an aura illuminated around him before a shock wave blasted out from within him, sending garbage and dust flying. The picture distorted for a moment before it refocused again, the rest of the dog pack around him were suddenly on the ground all either passed out, dead or having seizures. The figures arms were now all bloodied up, before Yolanda could make out his identity he suddenly ran out of the picture. Then there was no movement afterwards, aside from the now dead or dying animals on screen.

" What--what the hell is this all about? Did you go check anything in that area? asked the now anxious Collie.

" n-no mom, the police had just arrived on the scene. They haven't even seen this video yet" said the Andre.

Yolanda rewinded the video back to get a better view of his face but the video quality didn't show too much. She let out a big sigh as she sat there rubbing her paw " that Badger that walked in here earlier, I felt suspicious about him. Something about him seemed very off but I didn't want to jump to conclusion." she said to him.

" Who are you talking about mom was there someone you think may have a connection to this?" asked her son.

" I believe so, I think we better look into it. I need to make a few phone calls, tell your sisters we might need to delay our trip back to Colmaton" she said to the beagle mix.

" you sure about this mom?" he asked

" We need to look into this Urama Rukahs guy and see if he's had any criminal background. See what you can pull up then come find me" she said as she made her way back to the conference room.

Andre looked back at the surveillance screen and re-winded back to the hooded figure.

" Whoever you are I hope for your sake your not here to make a mess out of my family" Andre said to himself as he stared at the still footage of the black hooded furson.

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Yolanda Mason is a very wealthy woman, who's influence can be felt around the country, very humble yet very powerful. She's a collie mama you DO NOT wanna piss off by any means. As Scarlet Bow she's had her run ins with many different villains and super heroes but this one in this case she's dumbfounded. It's very rare for her to run into someone who's never really appeared in television or any news papers in her years of crime fighting. It'll be a surprise to her knowing she shook hands with one of the world's most dangerous anti heroes.

this story wasn't intended to be this long but I got too into it I just went all out. Hopefully you guys enjoy this one.

art by  octopoodle

Amaru aka Blackjack is to me

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